Machine for making baskets



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER I'. NEWHOUSE, VOil? BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOB TO BABANAO AUTOMATIC HAOHINE CORPORATION, POBA'JIEIIIONv OF DELAWARE.

OF BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN, A COB- IAOHDE FOB MAKING BASKETS.

Application med February 11, 1924. Serial No. 391,954.

This invention relates to machines for making baskets, and particularl to those for making bushel baskets, or ot er baskets of different size, but of the same shape and a style, and more especially to. machines for making baskets of that particular kind 1n which-both the bottom and the top are lat, whereby the product of such machine is a frusto-conical basket structure havmg 1nside and outside top and bottom hoops, the inside bottom hoop being of less diameter than the other hoops. o

Generally stated, therefore, the .ob3ect of the invention is to rovide machinery for use in the making o frusto-conical baskets, having means for accuratel positioning and rotatingan inside bottom oop for the basket, while the side staves are being st apled to such hoop, or to other hoops, this inside bottom hoop being smaller, of course, than the hoops for the upper edge or top of the basket.

Another objectis to provide a novel and improved stapling machine for stapling toget-her the hoops and staves forming the sides of the basket, by rotating the said {ruste-conical structure about an axis disposed adjacent to the sta ling mechanism, said axis preferably exten ing at an oblique angle, relatively to the Staplers, so that the Staplers may be arranged conveniently. in a row and may operate in unison to simultaneously insert staples in the hoo s of the basket and through the hoops and t e staves,

3f, thus fastening theA hoops in place on the sides of the basket, nd whereby the frustoconical structure is effectively held in place during the stapling operation, and is easily released when completed. y

It is also an objectito provide certain details and features of construction and combinations tending to increase the eiliciency and desirability of a basket stapling machine of this particular character.

To the foregoing and other useful ends, the invention comprises matters hereinafter sot forth and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which -:-l"igure 1 is a side elevation of a basket stapling machine embodying the principles of the invention.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the other side of the said machine.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of said machine.

Figure 4 is a rear elevation of said machine.

Figure 5 is an enlarged longitudinal section of the form upon, which the basket is made, showing` the said frusto-conical structure thereon, on line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a detail sectional view on line 6 6 in Figure 7 showing a fragment of the form upon which the frusto-conical structure of staves and hoops is built by the attendant or person o erating the machine.

Figure 7 is a si e elevation of the said form upon which the basket is built.

Figure 8 is a side elevation of the comleted frusta-conical structure which is, as it leaves the machine, open at each end thereof.

As thus illustrated, the 'invention comprises an upright body 1 having a base 2 adapted to rest upon the oor, and having a top portion 3 upon which the stationary head 4 of the staplin mechanism is suitably secured and mounted. The upper or movable stapler head 5 is rigidly secured to the upper end of the vertically disposed rod 6 which is movable up and down in the guide 7 formin a part of the lower stationary head, andgr in t e body 1, whereby the upper head 5 is reciprocated up and down in the desired manner to operate the three Staplers 8, which latter are of any suitable known or ap roved character. The lower end of the ro 6 is connected by a link 9 with a crank 10 on the horizontal shaft 11, which latter is mounted to rotate in bearings 12and 13 suitably provided for this purpose, whereby said crank is housed in the body 1 of the machine. A loose pulley 14 is mounted on said shaft, and transmission of power from this pulley to the shaft 11 is controlled by the clutch 15, of any suitable character, which in turn is controlled by a foot lever 16 or other suitable means. The said staplers are each provided with a wire feed device 17, of any suitable character, arranged in a row on the horizontal shaft 18 which latter is supported in suitable bearings on the machine. The upper feeding rolls of the said feed device are mounted on this shaft 18 and this shaft is intermittently rotated to feed the wire to the Staplers in the usual well known manner. The intermittent rotation of this shaft is accomplished by a ratchet device 19 at the outer end of the shaft, which ratchet device is operated by a rod 20 leadinor downward therefrom to the eccentric cam device 21 mounted on the shaft 11 previously mentioned, whereby this rod 20 is reciprocatcd endwise, in the desired manner, thereby to intermittently rotate or actuate the shaft 18, causing all three feed devices 17 to feed wire at the same time. The length of wire fed by each feed device, of course, is cut off at the proper time, by the staple former of each stapler, and each length of wire is formed into a staple and then driven by a further downward movement of each stapler as the head 5 moves downward, whereby all three staples are formed simultaneously' and driven simultaneously in the work` as will hereinafter more fully appear. For the vertical adjustment of the three Staplers, screw adjusting devices 22 are provided for the attachment to the u per ends of the Staplers to the head 5, as s own, whereby these Staplers may be adjusted vertically to insure accurate operation thereof. As stated, the three staplers may be of any suitable known or ap proved form or construction, and as shown are of a well known form or construction, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The wire 23, as shown in Figure 3, is fed through the feed device 17 of each stapler,A

and into the tube 24 which forms a guide for directing the wire horizontally below each stapler.

The means for supportin the frustroconical structure shown in Flgure 8, during the making thereof, are as follows: The body 1 is formed with a iat face portion 25 to which is detachably secured the face plate 26 in which is rigidly inserted and held an arbor or axis member 27, this member 27 being tilted slightly' so that its outer end is higher than its other end, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, so that the axis of this member is at an angle, instead of being disposed horizontally. A rotary form is mounted on this arbor, comprising the discs 28, 29 and 30, which are rigidl secured to the sleeve 31, it being observed t at the disc 28 is the largest, while the disc 29 is somewhat smaller, and that the disc 30 is the smallest. A plate 32 is detachably secured to the arbor or axis member 27, to hold the `form in position thereon, and the disc 28 is provided with a ratchet ring 33 in the space between this disc and the face plate 26 previously mentioned. The shell 34 of the form is of any suitable character. but is frusto-conical in accord ance with the character of the structure to be made, and fits upon the outer beveled peripheries of the discs 28, 29 and 30, in the manner shown. This shell is provided at its larger end with a ring 35, and at its smaller end with a ring 36, rigid therewith,

to receive the inner hoops 37 and 38 of the basket, which hoo s are fir'st formed and then placed in position on the rings and 36 to receive the staves 39 which are next placed in position on the form. To receive the staves 39, and to hold them in place, rings 40 are provided on the shell and these rings, being channel shaped in cross section, have springs 41 secured therein by rivets 42, with the secured end of cach spring bent outward and over to form a stop 43 to limit the outward movement of the next spring. The staves are inserted by hand, in the manner shown in Figure 6, by inserting them edgcwise between the springs 41 and their stops 43 so that they will be held as shown. To hold the shell 34 on the form, and to hold the basket materials thereon, locking mechanism is provided as shown in Figure 5, comprising fingers 44 which are pivoted on the diso30 at 45, and which are of such length and shape that they can swing over the disc 30 to engage the outer edges of the shell 34 and the hoops and staves of the basket structure. These fingers have short ends 46 which are shaped to engage the disc 30, thus forming stops to` limit the outward swin of the fingers, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 5, and for the operation of these fingers they are connected with the handle 48 by pivoted links 47. This handle has a stem or rod 49 for insertion in the longitudinal bore 50 formed in the outer end poi tion of the arbor, previously mentioned, in the manner shown in' Figure 5 of the drawings. By graspin the handle 48 and pulling outward thereon, t e fingers 44 may be swung outward, so that the shell 34 with the com pleted frusto-conical basket structure thereon may be removed from the form of the machine. It will be seen that the beveled peripheries of the discs 28, 29 and 30, at their upper edges, are in line with thc three st aplers 8, so that these discs provide a. solid backing below the work to receive the thrust of the Staplers, and the staples are clinched on the beveled peripheries of the rings 35 and 36, and the middle ring 51, of` the shell upon which the basket is built and stapled. Then the handle 48 is pushed inward` the fingers 44 are moved into operative position, and at such time the alignment of the pivots of the links 47 is such that the fingers are locked in this position, and they will romain in this postion until the handle is again pulled out. ward.

Now the outer hoops 52, 53 and 54 of the basket are secured Ato the staves 37by staples 55 inserted by the tlu'ee etaplers shown and described, during the rotation of the form. For the rotation of the form in intermittent manner, whereby the work is stationary when the staples are be' driven, a ratchet dog S is provided on a ink 57, the latter being pivoted at 58 on the body frame, and said ratchet dog be ada ted to engage the ratchet `teeth of sai ratc et r' 33. reviouely mentioned. The other end o the ink 57 is'connected by a rod 59 with the upper head 5 of the stapling mechanism, whereby the up and down movement of this head causes au en'dwise reciprocation of the rod w i, so,

59, and consequent up and down movement of the link 57, which in turn will cause the ratchet ring 33 to be intermittent rotated. Thus, each time the Staplers rise, t e rod 59 moves upward, just after three staples have been driven by the three Staplers and such upward movement causes the ratchet dog 56 to rotate the ring 33 and the basket form in the desired manner, causing new places in the work to be brought into position to receive the next set of staples, the machine driving three staples one in each hoop of the basket, each time the upper head lof the stap'lin mechanism moves downward. The hoops g2, 53 and 54 are fed, respectively, through the guides 60, 6l and 62 to their positions below the three Staplers so that the straight strips from which the oops are to be formed, when thus inserted with their ends below the Staplers, will receive the first staples to be driven in the work. Of course, as soon as the hoop strips areattached by these first Staplers, to the stares of the basket, and to tbc inside hoo s of the basket, the rotation of the basket ihrm will automatically feed the hoop strips from the guides 60, 61 and 62 until the arc wound entirel around thebasket and finally secured in p ace with their ends overlapping, in, the desired manner. The said guides are pivotally hung on a horizontally disped axis member 63, which latter is supported by lugs 64 cast on the front plate 65 to the lower head of the stapling inechani Thus these hoop miles are adapted to about a horizonte axis, when the inserted ends of the hoop stri s are pressed downward by the Staplers, uring the insertion of the first staples. Thus when the hoop strips lirst inserted, their end portions are close up a 'nst the lower ends of the staplers, to receive the points of the larged to facilitate insertion of the oop strip therein. The inner ends of the hoop uides are held normally raised` but yielding by the springs 66 which latter have their upper ends attached to any suitable supporting means on the plate 65, and have their lower ends suitably attached to the hoop guides, whereby the inner ends of the guides ne ieiaingiy had in raised passen a nst they lower edges of the plate 65, as s own, but are adapted to be depressed `to allow the inserted end portions of the hoopv strips to be pressed downward by the staplers and secured lo the stares of the basket structure.

It will be seen that the work holding shell 34 is provided with hooks 67 to en ge in notches 68 provided on thetapered gin, to lock the shell in place on the form. The tapered form is removable, of course, b removing the plate 32, but this can on y be done when the stapling mechanism is out of the way or is not in rative position, for axial displacement of e form is not possible while the stapling mechanism is in oper- :tive position, inasmuch as the disk 29 would strike the lower end of the outer stapler. while the disk28 would strike the lower end of the inner stapler. However, notwithstandn 'the truste-conical formation or taper of tie finished receptacle, the displace ment thereof is facilitated and made possible b the shell 34 inasmuch as this shell can s ide horizontall upon the top of the tapered form, thus pro ucing endwise and partially downward movement of the receptacle, ro sullin ia n displacement of the receptacle in a ircction at an angle to the axis of the form. Thus the top of the form is in a horizontal plane, the lower ends of the staplers are in a horizontal lane immediately above, and the upper si e of the basket is maintained in a horizontal plane between the form and the lower ends of the sta 1ers. When the basket is displaced from the orm, on the removable shell. thc upper side of the basket moves outwardl in the horizontal plane thereof, so that t e lower side of the shell 84 is immediately separated from the lower side of the tapered form, thereby facilitatin easy removal of the shell and the finished asket thereon. Because of the taper of the basket, and because of the position of the sta 1ers, axial displacement of the basket, or is lacement of the basket in the direction of he axis of thevform, is preeluded, for the Staplers are in suoli position that axial dis laceinent of the basket pr the shell, or the orm, is not possible while the staplers are in operative ition. However, means are provided, pre erablv in the form ofva shell 34 having the work holding devices thereon, to permit displacement ofthe finished basket in a direction at an angle to the axis of the form, b movement of the basket and shell horizon lly, because of the position of the form, so that the upper side of the basket moves in the plane thereof and in a direction parallel with the bottom of the staplin mechanism. Of course, said shell 34 can e made of any suitable or desired ma.- tcrials, such as thin sheet metal," or aluminum, in order that the shell may be light and easy to handle. The shell may be used in any s uitable or desired manner, as b placing it on a bench and inserting the stoves 39 between the springs and the stopsi 43, in the manner indicated,and the she after bem thus loaded can be placed on the form en locked thereon in the manner shown. It will be seen thatthe slaves have substantially the same width at each end thereof, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 8, so that these stoves overlap each otherV to a greater extent 'at the smaller end of the basket than at the larger' end thereof. Again, it will he seen 'that the staples are inserted in such aA manner that the same number of staples will be inserted'in each hopp, prcferab y through the overla ping po 'ons of the stoves, but the stap es in the hoop 54 will be closer together than those in the hoo 53, and the staples of the latter hoo will closer together than the staples of t e loop 52, because o-E tho fact that the hoops are of different diameters. The staplers will drive three sta. les in a row lenpth-I wise of the basket, eac 'time the stap mg mechanism is operated, but the staples in the circular rows encirclin the basket will not be driven the same dlstanceapurt in each row, for those in the smaller hoo will necessnrily be closer together than t lose in one of the larger hoops.

The method em loyed therefore involves the arrangement o staves in overlapping relation. so that one longitudinal ed of each stave is covered while its other e ge is ex posed between the hoops or other encirc members on'the outer surface of the haake and the appl ing of encircling reinforcing members to he outer surface of the stoves thus assembled in overlapping` relation. Preferably the encircling members are hoops, and me held in place by staples. and preferably the application of these encircling members takes place at a time when the smaller and the larger ends of the receptacle nre still open, whereby the immediato product of this stnpling operation is afrustoconical body having both ends thereof left open.

It will bel understood of course, that the product thus made, as s own in Fig. 8, can be used in any suitable or desired manner, as by subsequently providing it with suitable handles and by providing it with end walls for the smaller and larger ends thereof, in any suitable or desired manner. Therefore the machine is of o. novel charscter, and the method employed, regandless of what apparatus is employed for racticing the method, is also charactemz by some novelty, because distinguished from rior methods of assembling materials to crm baskets or receptacles. Of course, the

wasser method involves the formation of the hoops 37 and 38 first, the assembling of the stoves thereon, and the subse nent application of the encircling members 2, 53 and 54 to the outer surface of the basket in themanner explained In other words, the inner hoo 37, BBJnust be made first and` placed on t le shell34, and then the stoves 39 are assembled 1n overlappin relation upon the outer surface of the sh 34, and thereafter by rotatlgn of the form and the shell with the materia-ls the machine shown and described is rendered operative tp insert'tlie starles to secure the hoop strips 52 53 an 54 1n place, and to gradually wind these strips around the basket, thus forming the outsidehoops of the basket.

Thus the staple clinehing rings 35 and 36 form. means also for positioning top and bottom melde hoops for the basket, so that the staves may be fastened thereto, with the staples extending through the outer hoops also, as shown and described. The hoop ositiollin means, therefore, are removable `om the verm, from the smaller end of the frusta-conical form, with the basket, in the manner explained. As the staples 55 are inserted throu the overlapping portions of the stoves, it follows that the shell must be properly positioned en the form. as is done by the portions 67, and that the stapling operations must be performed in timed relation to the eedin movements und the points of overlap of he Steves. In other words, as many staples are driven in euch outside'hoop as there are stoves, there beone staple in each hoop for each stave, each staple being inserted in the overlapping portions of t e stoves, thereby forming a strong basket with tight side walls. Thus the means for positioning the inside hoops are removable from the form, and the means for positioning the stoves are removable from the form, with the basket. in the manner explained, thus not only facilitatin the removal of the basket when iinshe but also the assembling of the materials on the shell for the next basket ns it can be laced on a bench or table and conveniently oaded with the inside hoops and the `strives for each basket. When the loaded shell is placed on the form, the hooks 67 pass through the notches 68, and a slight rotetion of the shell then interlocks the books with said notches, thereby preventin dislacement of the shell on the form urng Sie rotation thereof. When the basket is nisbed, the handle 48 is pulled outwardly, the shell is iven a slight turn to disengage the hooks 6 from `the notches 68, and t e shell then slides od easily in the manner explained. Then a alight turn or twist of the shell in the basket, to disengsge the portions 43 from the edgeaof the stoves, is sucient to permit removal of the shell from the iinished basket.

While the method shown and described results in the production of a basket which is open at the top and bottom thereof, it is obvious that any suitable ordesired form of basket, having inner and outer top and bottom hoops, and having uniformly overlapping staves, with staples inserted through the inner and outer hoo s and through the overlapping portions o the staves, can be made bythe method and machinery shown and described, without departing from the spirit of the invention, the uniform overlapping of the staves, in the assembling thereof, to form a frusto-conicalvbasket, and the provision of means for suitably incorporating an inner bottom hoop which can be used as a shoulder upon which to support thel bottom wall of the basket, being essentia It will be seen that the inside ,bottom hoop supporting means 36 is flanged to form a portion to engage the upper edge of the inside bottom hoop, to correctly position the hoop in the machine. Furthermore, it will be seen that the inside bottom hoop supportingineans is movable away from the machine, in a direction away from the stapling position of the top of the basket, and in a direction away from the basket form that supports the staves and the other hoops of the basket, thereby tofacilitate removal of the basket from the machine. Means are provided for holding the inside bottom hoop against displacement and for holding the inside bottom hoop supporting means in operative relation to the basket form, during the stapling operation, but said means are operable to permit movement of the bottom hoop support away from the form, in the manner shown and described, or in any suitable or desired manner, to facilitate the removal of the basket from the machine. However, and notwithstanding that the in-` side bottom hoop support is movable away from the basket form, the said support and form aie held against relative rotation, and are rotated in unison, during the stapling operation. a

The hoo s of this basket are ordinary hoops, as s iown, being cylindrical, and for this reason the rings 35 and 36 are provided with cylindrical surfaces to engage the inner cylindrical surfaces of the top and bottom inside hoops. Similarly, the ring 51 has a cylindrical outer surface, as the hoop 53 is cylindrical, notwithstanding the downward taper ot' the basket, the side wall staves being inclined outwardly as shown. The means for thus supporting the inside hoops in position to have the staves stapled thereto, are held against axial movement, during the rotation of the work supporting means, so that the staples 55 at the bottom of the basket are all in the same lane, and this is also true of the staples for t e hoo 53 and those for the hoops 37 and 52, so t at the staples are all in three straight parallel planes extending at right ang-les to the axis of the rotary work supporting means. The ring 36, being mounted for rotation, forms a rotar means'for accurately positioning and hol ing the inside bottom hoop 38, relatively to the stapler immediately above, and relatively to the staves and other hoops of the basket. The hoop supporting means is held against axial movement, during its rotation, serving thereby to support and hold the hoop in position against axial displacement or movement during the rotation thereof, so that the staples are all in one plane.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a machine for making receptacles, the combination of work supporting means having provision for relatively positioning and holding the uniformly overlapping staves of a frusto-conical receptacle or basket in position to be fastened together, and stapling mechanism for stapling a plurality of inner and outer hoops of different diameters to said receptacle to reinforce the walls thereof, including means to position an inside bottom hoop for the smaller end of the downwardly tapered basket, in combination with devices to rotate said work supporting means, with each hoop in position to receive a series of staples therein, relatively timed to insert the staples through the overlap of the staves.

2. A structure as specified in claim 1, said work supporting means comprising a rotatable body, and a removable shell on said body, which shell is provided with devices for receiving and holding the materials of the receptacle in position to have said hoops stapled thereto.

3. A structure as specified in claim 1, said work supporting means comprising a tapered form, a tapered shell removably mounted on said form and carrying the work holding and positionin means, the axis of saidV form being dispose at an angle, whereby the smaller end of the rece tacle is tilted u ward so that the upper side of the receptac e is maintained in a horizontal plane durin the stapling of the hoops thereto, and sai shell being removable endwise while the upper side thereof is maintained in the horizontal plane thereof, said stapling mechanism comprising a plurality of Staplers disposed in a row immediately above the horizontal plane of the upper side of the receptacle, and said removable shell thus facilitating` the removal of the tapered receptacle from below said Staplers, small end first, from the said form.

4. In a machine for making receptacles, the combination of a tapered form, a tapered removable shell on said form, devices on said shell to receive the uniformly overla ping staves for the receptacle, so that t e shell may be, loaded andr then placed on the form, a stapling mechanism for operating upon the materials to fasten vthem together, and devices to rotate said form, relatively timed to insert the staples through the overlap of the staves, said removable shell facilitating the removal of the tapered receptacle by keeping one side thereof parallel with the stapling mechanism, the relative arrangement being such that axial displacement of the finished receptacle is precluded by the position of said mechanism.

5. A structure as specified in claim 4, sa1d mechanism comprising a plurality of sta 1ers arranged in a row. means for guiding a oop below each stapler to be stapled to the receptacle, whereby the hoops are of different diameters, interlocking means to relatively position the shell on the form to properly present the Work to said Staplers, and means for o erating said Staplers simultaneously, Where y the same number of staples will be driven in each hoo but with the staples in a smaller hoop driven closer together than those in a larger hoop.

6. A structure as specified in claim 4, said mechanism comprising a plurality of Staplers arranged in a row, with one end of the row at the smaller end of the receptacle and the other end ot the row at the larger end of the receptacle, interlocking means to relatively position the shell on the form to proplerly resent the Work to said staplers, an w erey rotation 4of the receptacle results in the driving of -a plurality of circular roivs of staplestherein, having the same number of staples in each circularrrow, but with the staples inthe circular row at the smaller end of the receptacle disposed more closely togetlier than are those in the circular row of staples at the larger end of the receptacle.

7. A structure as specified in claim 4, sain tapered form having lockinfr devices for engaging the smaller end of t e shell and the receptacle, adapted by manual operation to permit endwise removal of the shell with the receptacle thereon.

B. In a machine for making receptacles, the combination of a rotary frusto-conical form rotatable abouta fixed axis, adapted to support uniformly the overlapping staves of a truste-conical receptacle thereon,-fasten ing mechanism to operate upon the receptacle, disposed in position to preclude axial displacement of the receptacle when finished, relatively timed Vto insert the fasteners through the overlap o t' the staves, and 1nstrumentalities to permit displacement of the finished receptacle Without hindrance by said mechanism.

9. A structure as `specified in claim 8, said instrumentalities comprising a tapered shell asians? on said truste-conical Aform, between the form` and the receptacle, having means to engage the receptacle, which shell is adapted to slide upon one side of the tapered forni While being displaced with the finished receptacle thereon, and is thereafter removable from the receptacle.

l0. A structure as specifiedl in claim 8, said mechanism comprising a plurality of Staplers disposed in position to simultaneously drive a plurality of staples in a row extending lengthwise of the receptacle, and said instrumentalities comprising means interposed between the form and the receptacle, adapted for endwise displacement vWith the finished receptacle thereon, by movement of the receptacle at an angle to the axis of said form.

1l. A machine for makin frusto-conical baskets, comprising a suitab e form having means adapted for holding and positioning uniformly overlapping straight staves, 'with means for positioning an inner relatively large top hoop and an inner relatively smal] bottom hoop for the basket, upon which the ends ot' said staves overlap when the materials are in position on the lform,means fol' feeding outer top and bottom hoop stripsjto the outer surface of the staves, and also one centrally located outside hoop strip, and mechanism disposed in position for forming and driving staples through the outer hoo s and through the overlapping portions of tiie staves into the said inner hoops.

12. In a machine for making frusto-eonical baskets, the combination of a rustoconical rotary form having means thereon to position top and bottom inside hoops for the basket, with the smaller hoop in the bottom of the basket, means on said form to position staves in overlapping relation on said hoops, means to apply outside hoops to the basket, means to insert staples through said hoops and staves, said hoop positioning means serving also to clinch the staples, and means to rotate said forni `in timed relation to said stapling means.

13. A structure as specified in claim 12, said means for positioning the inside bottoni hoop of the basket being displaceable from the form with the basket.

14. A structure as specified in claim 12, said means for positioning the inside bottom hoop of the basket and also the inside top hoop, being both displaccable from the smaller end of the form with the basket, and being then removable from the basket.

l5. A structure as specified in claim 1Q, said means for ositioning the inside bottoni hoop of the bas et being removable Vfrom the smaller end ot' the torni, and means to lock said hoop positioning means against relative rotation on the form.

16. The combination of a fruSto-conicul basket forni to receive the basket materials, removable means on the smaller end of the lim llU

form to position an inside bottom hoop for the basket, means-.whereby said hoop positioning means is locked against relative rotation on the form, but is removable therefrom with the basket, means to rotate the form, and means to, insert staples through the materials and through said inside bottom hoop.

17. Ina machine for use in making baskets, the combination of rotary means adapted and disposed in position for supportlng and accurately positioning an inside annular bottom hoop for the basket, and in position to have the converging lower ends of outwardly inclined side wall staves stapled to the annular outer surface thereof, and mechanism adapted and disposed in position for driving staples through the staves into said hoop, as the hoop is rotated in the plane thereof, vsaid hoop positioning means being held against axial movement during its rotation, thereby serving to hold the hoop against axial displacement or movement relatively to said mechanism, 4during the rotation thereof, whereby the staples are all in one plane.

18. A structure as specified in claim 17, comprising means for supporting an inside top hoop for the basket, and mechanism for stapling the other ends of said staves to said top hoop, together with means to feed hoop stri s to form top and bottom outside hoops, saidp mechanism being operative to drive said staples through the outside hoops and thrpugh the staves and inside hoops, said hoop supporting means being cylindrical to engage the cylindrical inner surface of each hoop and adapted to clinch the inner ends ot the staples.,

19. A structure as specified in claim 17, said hoop supporting means being rotatable relatively to said mechanism, having a portion to engage one edge of the hoop, and serving to clinch the inner ends of the staples on the inner side of the hoop, and means to hold said hoop sup orting means against axial displacement wliile being rotated.

20. A structure as specified in claim 17, said hoop supporting means being displaceable outwardly from the machine, from under said mechanism, to permit removal of the work from the machine.

21. A structure as specilied in claim 17, in combination with means for feeding a hoop strip over said staves to form an outside bottom hoop attached by staples to said inner bottom hoop.

22. A structure as specified in claim 17, said hoop supporting means being movable away from the operative osition 'thereof in the direction of remova of the basket to permit removal of the basket from the machine.

23. A structure as specified in claim 17 in combination with annular means for supporting said staves intermediate the ends thereof, means to feed a hoop strip over the staves in the plane of said annular means, and mechanism to insert staples through said hoop strip and staves, causing the staples to-olinch on the inner surface of the staves a distance from said inside bottom hoop. a

24. A structure as specified in claim 17, said hoop supporting means being movable in a direction away from the stapling position of the to of the basket to permit removal of the asket from the machine, and. means to hold said hoop supporting means in operative position during the stapling operation.

25. A structure as specified in claim 17, comprising abasket form to support the slaves, said hoop supporting means being movable away from the form to permit removal of the basket from the machine.

26. A structure as specilied in claim 17, comprising a basket form to support the stares, said hoop supporting means being movable away from the form to Vpermit removal oi' the basket, and means to hold said hoop supporting means in operative relation to the form.

27. A structure as specied in claim 17, comprising a basket `form to support the staves, having means to position and support an inside top hoop forthe basket, said bottom hoop supporting means being movable away from said form to permit removal of the basket, means to hol'd said bottom hoop supporting means in operative relation to said form, during the stapling operation, means for rotating the form and thereby rotating the bottomJioop supporting means, by power communicated through the Vform to said bottom hoop supporting means, devicesto feed outside top and bottom hoop strips to the staves, and mechanism to drive staples through the. top hoopstrip and through the staves and through the inside top hoop.

28. A structure as specified in claim 17, in combination with positioning means engaging the bottom edges of the basket structure, rotatable in unison with said rotary means.

29. In a machine for use in making baskets having annular hoops, the combination of rotary engaging means adapted and disposed in position for engaging and supporting an inside annular bottom hoop for the basket, with the converging end portions of staves and an outside bottom hoop thereon, stapling mechanism for inserting staples through the basket structure during the intermittent rotation thereof, said rotary means being held against axial movement during its rotation, serving thereby to hold the hoop and staves against axial displacement or movement relatively to the Starling said inside bottom hoo engaging means mechanism, during the rotation tliereo having an annular perip ery engaging the 10 30. A structure as specified in claim 30, inner circumference of said inside bottom Suid inside bottoni hoop engaging means behoop, adapted to rotate in the plane of the 5 ingridisplaceable after rotation thereof to hoop`, and movable horizontally to permit permit removal of the basket structure from removal of the basket structure from the the machine. machine.

31.V A structure :is specified in claim 30, WALTER RNEVVHOUSE:

said inside bottom hoop engaging means having an annular periphery engaging the 10 inner circumference of said inside bottom hoop, adapted to rotate in the plane of the hoop, and movable horizontally to permit removal of the basket structure from the machine.

WALTER F. NEW'HOUSE.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,643,287.

Granted September 20 1927, to

WALTER F. NEWHOUSE.

lt is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 8, lines 3 and 8, claims 30 and 31 respectively, for the numeral "30" read "29"; and that the said Lettere Patent should be read with this correction therein that the lame may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this lith day of October, A. D. 1927.

Seli.

M. J. Moore, Acting Commissioner of Patents.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,643,287. Granted September 20, 1927, to

WALTER F. NEWHUSE.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 8, lines 3 and 8, claims 30 and 31 respectively, for the numeral "30" rend 29"; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Uffiec. Signed and sealed this ilth day of October, A. D. 1927.

M. l. Moore, Seal. Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

